The relationship between Steem trading volume and Steem prices is a complex one which, when understood properly, can lead to many insights into the Steemit soul itself.

With a top heavy SP pre-mine this was always destined to happen anyways. People initially join Steemit to EARN $'s too - not to BUY them - as we may first think.

But time will tell @smooth. I hope you are right and that this is fixable. OK, my mini-rant is over for today - I have a 5000th celebratory post to write. I shall leave thee in peace to improve things around here! Best of luck getting this SP whale pre-mine sorted out! I still believe 1-5% of all SP MUST be retained by founder whales to help us market Steemit out of this mess with new users! Hopefully we can all power this marketing process ourselves too!